Eric Francis, Calgary Sun

Eric Francis has been a Calgary Sun sports columnist since 1994, covering everything from the Flames and Stampeders to the British Open, Super Bowl and Olympics. A graduate of Carleton University's journalism program, Francis is also a best-selling author, local morning show host and weekly panellist on Hockey Night in Canada's Hotstove. Francis is extremely active in the community, emceeing various charity events including his own, which raises money for KidSport. Francis and wife Sarah have two young children.

No more than 30 minutes after players on
the world’s most expensive ball hockey
team dropped their team-issued sticks
and gloves for a water break, Ken
Holland sauntered over to a handful of
his Team Canada colleagues.

In a career that spanned 18 years and landed him with seven professional teams, somehow it's a 1994 preseason game against the Sacramento Gold Miners Jeff Garcia remembers as well as any game he ever played.